Union garment.



E. TAYLOR.

UNION GARMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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UNION GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed m 14, 1903. Serial No. 443,503.

Patented. May 4, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILY TAYLomacitizen of the United States of America, and'a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have. inventcd certain new and useful Improvements in Union Garment-s, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garments worn by females in bathing, gymnasium or other athletic work, and has for its object the production of a princesse garmentvthat will adjust itself to any figure and provide a means of preventing the skirt from flying up.

A further object of my invention is to provide a comfortable-bloomer made integral with the princesse body that may be readily slipped on and off, with means of suspending the same without the necessity of any belt or belt line, which prevents the bloomers from dragging.

The invention accordingly consists of the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts, which will he exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, in connection with the accompanying one sheet of drawings forming part of this specification, in which I have represented my princesse oneiece bathing or gymnasium garment em odying the improvements in the preferred form, after which I shall point out more particularly in the claims those features which I believe to be new and of my invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters of reference in dicate like parts throughout the several views-I igure 1 is an elevation of my princesse body with the bloomer portion dotted in. a method of opening down the side front seam. Fig. 3 isa back view illustrating the means of suspending the bloomers from their tab which is sewed in the side back seams of the princesse body. Fig. 4 is a section through the crotch of the bloomcr illustrating the side body portion of the blooiner leg. seam opened and the skirt cut away from the bloomer along the lines 20 and 21, showing the bloomer entirely exposed.

In the illustrations I have shown a sevengore princesse outer garment, but do not 1 the hips.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof illustrating Fig. 5 is a front view with the skirt ber of gores, but agreater or less number of gores may be used as desiredto give the requircd fullness of skirt.

In my bloomers I provide two portions 1 and 2 cut right andleft forming legs provided with side body portions 3 and 4 and back tabs Sand 6 respectively. The side body portions of the bloomers serve not only as a means of sus )ending the bloomers but also a tight fitted lining to the princesse arment above the imaginary waist line. lhe leg portions are joined together, in any wellknown manner forming a crotch 7 and back seam8. This back seam extends up and 'oins the tabs 5 and 6 making a body for the hack of tl e waist of the rincesse garment and is sewed into the side ack seamsof the princesse garment 10 and 11 above the imaginary waist line giving roper support to the bloomers to prevent t em from sagging, as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 5. The side bod-y portions of the bloomers 3 and 4 are joined to the princesse garment at the shoulder seams 12 and 13 and in the under arm seams 14 and 15 respectively, and extend well below the hip to prevent skirt from flying up, as willbe readily seen by referring to Fig. 5. In the bottoms of my hloomer legs I provide an elastic band which is common to all bathing suits of this general character and which, therefore, does not require further description. The side body portion 4, and in a similar manner 3, is fastened to the princesse garment above the imaginary line of thewaist in side back and side front seams to support the bloomers without the need of a seam of the princesse garment may be usedv and I. do not want to limit myself to that articular osition of opening nor to the uttons anil button holes for it is obvious that any other well known method of fastenin could be einplo ed.

%The structure aiove described may be trimmed as desired, the particular features of my invention being the adaptation of the princesse style of garment for bathing havin a bloomer made integral without any belt or support of any kind or nature from The bloomer tab being sewed wish to limit myself to that particular numabove the imaginary waist line into the side back seams of the princesse garment distributes the weight of the bloonier and. prevents them from dragging.

I wish it distinctly understood that my union garment herein illustrated and described is in the form which I desire'to construct it, and that any changes or variations may be made as may be convenient or desirable without departing from the salient features of my invention, and I therefore intend the following claims to cover such modification as naturally fall within the lines of invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A princesse bathing suit having in combination with the outer garment a two-piece bloomer portion, each piece forming a leg, and side body portion; the leg portions are joined together forming a crotch, and are provided with back tabs which are joined together and to the side back seam of the outer portion, the side body portion of the bloomers is joined to the outer portion in the shoulder seam and in the under arm seam extending down over each hip.

2. A union suit of the class described consisting of a princesse outer garment in combination with a two-piece bloomer portion side bo ies are sewed into the seams of the princesse garment providing a foundation or the latter and suspension for the bloomers.

3. A union suit of the class described, a princesse outer garment, in combination with a two-piece bloomer provided with side bodies, the seams of the side bodies portion made integral with the seams of the outer arment and extending below the hi )3, wherey the bloomer portion is suspen ed solely from the shoulders."

4. A union suit of the class described con sisting of a )rincesse garment in combination with a bloomer portion made integral with the outer portion and means of suspending the bloomers through the rincesse garment without the use of any be t or belt line.

This specification signed and witnessed in 911 Flat-Iron Building, New York city, this seventh day of July, A. D., 1908.

EMILY TAYLO R.

In the presence of IvIARoUERrrE Ross, EDWD. VAN WINKLE. 

